Open Thread Wednesday

By on December 3, 2024 11:04 pm in open thread

What’s on your mind? Comment away!

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  • karateca2000

    This is probably old news, but the notorious smoke shop on Henry street (between Orange and Cranberry) is now empty. It would be great if they opened a new business in that location. What would you like to see?

  • Andrew Porter

    Has it been totally emptied out? When I walked by recently it still had much of the contents, though it was locked.

  • Andrew Porter

    Brooklyn County Courthouse in 1896. This gorgeous building was demolished and replaced by the utterly bland mid-century Brooklyn Law School campus.
    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/ca141a2ccf45c0f30fed8695ec221507415672c2b3b4058ed0bedd9df1348496.png

  • Andrew Porter

    Article about Art of Play, with photos, in The Brookyn Paper:

    https://www.brooklynpaper.com/art-of-play-magic-curiosity-brooklyn-heights/

  • Jorale-man

    Here's an interesting video of Brooklyn in the 1940s that's been colorized and given a soundtrack. It opens with some Downtown scenes and includes some shots of the Heights at about 8:30 in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_KRd74kLDA&ab_channel=NASS

  • karateca2000

    Here is an HD video from 99 showing the promenade before the Brooklyn Bridge Park existed:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFqmzqIn2_Y

  • Bornhere

    I will never not prefer Then to Now.

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7nPOzGeyaw Arch Stanton

    Maybe an adult "toy" store? Oh wait, scratch that, there's already too many dildos in this neighborhood!

  • Nosey Neighbor

    I didn’t know it’s Adam Rubin’s store. If you have children, you are certainly familiar with his book Dragons Love Tacos. Even though they look silly, his books are actually very creative. They deal with time travel, metafiction and media disinformation. He also goes around to schools encouraging children to write. I hope he has great success with his new store!